Temporary Suspension of Job Orders, a Partial Victory for Victims of Annasban By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO

Temporary Suspension of Job Orders, a Partial Victory for Victims of Annasban

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Bulatlat.com

“A temporary suspension of all job orders coming from Annasban has been imposed by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) since Monday,” Migrante International chairperson Garry Martinez told Bulatlat. Migrante is the largest alliance of OFWs. Migrante has been actively campaigning for the victims of Annasban and other exploited OFWs as well.

The Annasban group is a leading supplier of manpower services in Saudi Arabia with migrant workers mostly coming from developing countries like the Philippines, India and Bangladesh. The top management of the company comes from the powerful AnNasban clan. In a report provided by Migrante International, the AnNasban clan is believed to have strong connections with the top bureaucrats of the Ministry of Labor of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

This is not the first time that Annasban was issued a temporary suspension order. Because of numerous complaints, the POEA first issued a suspension order against Al Nasban Trading and Contracting on November 25, 2005. The said suspension was lifted on August 21, 2008 after Labor Attache Rustico dela Fuente commended Annasban for reforming its system.

However, during the almost three years that the suspension was supposedly in effect, the Migrant Assistance Committee of Migrante was able to document 176 cases of OFWs who sought repatriation because of problems in their contract with Annasban. After the suspension was lifted, more cases involving Annasban were documented....MORE 

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